Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....White, Mrs. Martha A. February 9, 1889
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The Georgia Enterprise, February 21, 1889
DEATH’S SAD ROLL
     It was a severe shock to this community when the intelligence reached here 
last week that Mrs. Martha A. White had departed this life at the residence of 
her son, Rev. Thos. A. White, in Thomas County, Saturday, Feb. 9th. Aged about 
64 years. Only a short time ago this good lady was with friends and dear ones 
at her old Covington home and was the picture of  perfect health. Mrs. White 
was born in South Carolina, but had been a resident of Newton County since her 
early girlhood. She was a sister of the late Col. Newton Anderson, and has many 
relatives and loved ones in the community, all of whom are sad and sorrowful at 
the news of her demise. She died quite suddenly of heart disease, but, was 
conscious that the hour of her departure was near, and met death calmly and 
resignedly. Before her pure spirit had winged its flight from earth to heaven a 
smile overspread her face, which remained there for the angels to see when she 
should arrive at her permanent resting place beyond the stars. She was one of 
the best and noblest women the writer ever knew. Her mission, while journeying 
here below, was to do good and make others happy. She was a Christian lady in 
the fullest and broadest sense of that beautiful word. She was a lifelong 
Methodist and died in the full hope and belief of that grand and glorious faith 
and doctrine. It is impossible to paint with pen the nobility of her generous 
nature, or express in words the sadness which fills our heart when we remember 
how kind, how charitable, how benevolent and self sacrificing she had always 
been, we can but feel grateful that the Master permitted her to remain with 
friends and loved ones for more than 60 years. She leaves the impress of a fair 
name and useful life upon the records of her time and generation, which is a 
priceless legacy to posterity. Her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery 
near Evergreen Church, Brooks County. May flowers of beauty ever bloom upon her 
grave.


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